Ithaca High School - Annual Yearbook (Ithaca, NY)

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Left: Miss DePew, Miss Claflin E RW Q Right: Mr. Culligan, Mr. Jones fheadl, and Mr. Bedworth review the material on psychology that is in the health library, in room 24 of the high school building. All sophomores are required to take one semester of health. Psychol- ogy for Living is offered to students who have completed the sophomore health course. Mr. Jones works with the grade schools and instructs pupils in health and safety. Right: Miss Marsh forchestra directorl, Mr. Mason fvocal music teacherj, and Mr. Battisti fband leaderj, gather in Mr. Ma- son's office. The instrumental music teachers give private lessons weekly to about one hundred and fifty students. Mr. Mason leads the junior and senior choirs for upper classmen and chorus for all freshmen. 13 fheadj, Mr. Elmore, Mr. Mor- esco, and Miss Neighbour ex- amine the slide rule used for demonstrations in the math classes. Elementary, intermedi- ate, and advanced algebra, plane and solid geometry, and trigo- nometry are offered. Also Math XI and XII is given to some juniors and seniors. It consists of trigonometry and intermedi- ate algebra the first year fol- lowed by calculus, solid ge- ometry, and advanced algebra the second year. Left: Mrs. Beck, Mr. Ming, Mr. Zien, Mrs. Weeks, Mr. Lewin, and Mr. Bach fheadl of the Science Department experi- ment with a Geiger counter. General science and earth science are taught the freshmen. Upper classmen take biology, botany, chemistry, and physics.

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Above: The English Department consisting of Cseatedh Mr. Holgate, Miss Brown, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Ocvirk fdirectorl, Mrs. Rasmussen, Mrs. Gage and Cstandingl Mrs. Adams, Mr. Bennett, Mrs. Ward, Miss Elliott fdepartment headj, and Mr. Schroeder, demonstrate some of the tools of the trade. Four years of English are required for all students, but in the senior year, half-year elec- tives may be chosen by the students. These include American Literature, Journalism, Creative Writing, Speech, World Literature, Contemporary Dramatic Literature, Our Language, Practical English, and Senior Composition. Left: IHS foreign language teachers: Mr. Teeter fGermanJ, Mrs. Ernstein fGerman and Frenchl, Department Head Mr. Catalfano fFrenchD, Miss Miller CFrenchJ, Mrs. Cor- mier QSpanishJ, and Miss Williamson CLatinJ. Three years of each of the above-mentioned languages are offered at IHS. P Right: Mrs. Bennett, Mrs. York, and Miss Stocking, fschool librarianb supervise the 250 students who use the 1ibrary's 10,000 books and 85 different maga- zines each day of the school year. Library Club girls ' aid the librarians by putting books away and stamp- ing cards for take-home books. Miss Stocking also catalogs and issues all text books. I2

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Right: Mrs. Florence Baker, Mrs. Vliet, Mrs. Post Cassistant cafe- teria managerj, Mrs. Burke, Mrs. Palmer, Mrs. MacGuire, Mrs. Stahl, Mrs. Warner fcafeteria managerl, Mrs. Aldrich, Mrs. Smith, and Mrs. Sullivan line up before the steam table. Early in the morning, the staff begins prepar- ing the Type-A and A-la-Carte lunches. Left: Miss Cotton fschool nursel, Dr. Elston fschool physicianj, and Mrs. Comfort fmedical secretaryj review the records in the medical office. Each student in high school is examined once a year, results of this physical are recorded on his individual card. If a student becomes ill during school hours, he reports to the nurse. As many as thirty or forty students have done this in one day. When pupils engage in a major sport or want working papers, they must be examined. The nurse must also pass judg- ment on reasons given by students for not taking gym. Left: Mr. Updike, Mr. Hull, Mr. Flint, Mr. Cobb, Mr. Baker fheadl, and Mr. Wahl, custodians at IHS, take care of the furnaces. They also clean blackboards and sweep floors and stairs. Vacations for students mean work for custodians since they must mop the corridors and clean thoroughly. Mr. and Mrs. Bell and Mrs. Ruggiero are absent from the picture. This is Mr. Hul1's last year. He has served more than twenty years. Mrs. Bell has worked at IHS since 1932, Mr. Bell since 1937.